breeding

英 ['briːdɪŋ] 美 ['briːdɪŋ]

• n. 生养；教养；抚养；繁殖；血统；育种
• breed的现在分词.

英英释义

Noun:

1. elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression

2. the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior);

   "a woman of breeding and refinement"
   

3. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community;

   "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
   

4. the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization

5. the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

Adjective:

1. producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring;

   "the breeding population"
   "retained a few bulls for breeding purposes"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The priest is a person of fine breeding.
   这位牧师是个很有教养的人。
2. He likes his wilderness to be peopled by men of breeding.
   他宁愿荒野上住着有教养的人。
3. Earthworms stop breeding some time before they die.
   蚯蚓有时在它死亡前才停止繁殖。
4. Female seals are needed for the breeding programme.
   这项繁殖计划需要一些雌海豹。
5. A special treat is the peculiar courting display of the breeding American Woodcocks during the evening in late March.
   一个特殊的款待就是在三月下旬的傍晚美国血统的鸟鹬的罕见的求爱场面。
6. The modern-day dressage horse is definitely of the lighter type, with more thoroughbred breeding within its pedigree.
   现代的盛装舞步马匹大多属于轻巧型，具备其自身家族谱系的纯种血统。
7. Breeding hamsters is an even harder job.
   育种仓鼠是更难的工作。
8. So was it also for the breeding kennels of East Germany.
   因此，它也被用于育种东德狗。

经典引文

• He knew himself to be of a breeding altogether more esthetic and sensitive than Thompson's.

  出自： S. Lewis

词汇搭配

• breeding ground 滋生地
• line breeding 品系繁育
• breed 繁殖
• cross-breeding 进行杂交育种,杂交...
• cross-breed 杂种(动)
• closed breeding 闭锁育种
• breeding season 繁育季节,繁殖期...
• directive breeding 定向培育
• breeding stock 种畜
• breeding station 配种站
• artificial breeding 人工授精,人工配种...
• breeding area 繁殖区
• cattle breeding 畜牧
• close breeding 杂交育种
• breeding gain 增殖增益
• slow breeding 配种多次后受精的...
• poultry breeding 家禽饲养
• breeding pond 苗种池
• breeding ratio 增殖比
• breeding rate 繁殖率,配种率...

近反义词

【近义词】

• refinement 精致
• behaviour 行为
• culture 栽培
• education 教育
• upbringing 教养
• background 背景
• good manners 好习惯, 有礼貌...
• reproduction 再现
• fosterage 养育
• gentility 文雅
• training 训练
• nurture 养育
• fostering 哺育，养育；抱有（希望）...
• genteelness genteel的名词形式...
• procreation 生产
• rearing 饲育
• facts of life 名词fact of li...
• raising 举起的